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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN DREV, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

HAME FOR HORSE-COLLARS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,052, dated September 18, 1-860.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MARTIN DREW, of St. Paul, in the county of Ramseyand State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHames for Horse-Collars; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a side view of my invention; Fig. 2, an edge view of thesame bisected as indicated by the line m, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a transversesection of the saine y, y, Fig. 2, indicating the plane of section.

Similar letters of reference indicate cor responding parts in theseveral figures.

This invention consists in providing the hames with slides for thepurpose of extending the same when necessary to suit differentsizedcollars and in having the tugs attached to the hames in a novel way soas to admit of the changing of the draft attachment to suit the size ofthe horse or the relative position of the hames on the collar.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a hame the upper end of which has a hole madelongitudinally in it to receive a slide B, which is allowed to slidefreely in the hames. The slide B, has a spring a, attached to it and tothe end of this spring there is secured a pin Z), which may be fitted ineither of a series of holes c, made in the inner side of the hame.

The spring c, has a tendency to keep the pin b, in the holes, and saidpin prevents the slide B, from casually moving. The outer end of theslide B, terminates in a loop C, through which a strap passes thatsecures the upper ends of the hames in proper position on the collar. Byadjusting the slides B, therefore farther in or out the haines A, may beextended to suit diEerent sized collars. The pin Z), is shoved inwardout of the holes when it is desired to move the slide. This will befully understood by referring to Fig. 2. In lengthening and shorteningthe hames however the line of -draft should be correspondingly altered,for instance, if the haines are lengthened by drawing out the slides B,to suit a large collar the attachment of the tug D, should be raised,and if the hames are shortened to suit a smaller collar the tug shouldbe attached lower to the haines. In order to effect this result I formthe hames staples D, with a plurality of notches el, so that the loop e,of the tug may be fitted in either notch and the line of draft raised orlowered as may be required. This will be fully understood by referringto Fig. l.

This invention is applicable to either metal or wooden hames. If woodenhaines are employed they may be bound with longitudinal metal straps attheir upper parts and have metal sockets attached in which the slides B,work.

As regards the changing of the point of attachment of the tugs D, to thehaines I would state that in case of a horse being galled by thepressure of the collar by shifting the point of attachment of the tugsthe sore part will be relieved as the pressure is brought on a differentpart of the animal. This is an important feature of the invention andconsiderably enhances its value. The lower ends of the haines areconnected by a strap in the usual way.

I am aware that adjustable or extension haines have been previously usedand I therefore do not claim such device broadly or in itselfconsidered; but

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Thecombination of the extension haines produced by the slides B, with thevariable tug attachment formed by the notched or bent staples E, as andfor t-he purpose herein set forth.

MARTIN DREIV.

Witnesses G. E. VINTERS, C. H. SCHURMEIER.

